Morphy Richards 224405 Evoke 2 Slice Toaster with 7 Variable Browning Settings, Removable Crumb Tray, Reheat, Frozen and Cancel Functions, Wide Slots for Bagels & Crumpets, Neat Cord Storage, Black

Product Information

The Morphy Richards Evoke 4-Slice Toaster is similar to the Morphy Richards Accents 4-Slice Toaster in design and function, but the Evoke is a more stable machine. This toaster uses Dualit’s Perfect Toast Technology to base the toasting time on the ambient temperature and the temperature of the toaster to keep every slice consistent. This meant that the second round only took 1 minute and 50 seconds. Beneath the lever, there’s a 6-level browning dial split into two increments, allowing you to toast your bread at 2.5 or 3.5 if you wish. There’s also a reheat button on the dial, meaning you don’t need to guess which level the dial should be at before hitting reheat. This toaster has a classic design with four parallel slots set in a relatively compact body. We reviewed the gleaming stainless steel version, but the toaster is also available with subtle metallic pearl, pink and green panels.

If you’re after a mid-range quality toaster, the Morphy Richards Evoke 4-Slice is a good candidate. It’s more solid on its feet than the Morphy Richards Accents 4-Slice toaster and comes in a similarly wide variety of finishes to suit your particular kitchen. In need of a new toaster? You’ve come to the right place. We’ve gathered all the best toasters together in this guide to make it easier to find the right one for you.The design is also sturdy, meaning the toaster is unlikely to tip over when you push the lever down, and there’s a long 88cm cable that can hook under the toaster for easy storage. The slots themselves are advertised as extra deep, though we weren’t convinced by this label as they measured 130mm deep, 135mm long and 26mm wide in our own tests. Though they easily fit home-baked sliced bread, bagels and cut baguettes, the slots can be a bit small for standard supermarket bread. The slots are 140cm long and are deep enough that you shouldn’t need to lay standard supermarket bread on its side to get an even browning. The toaster also produces some of the best toast we’ve ever eaten, with the large slots ensuring bread is toasted all the way to the edge.

If you’re looking for a good family toaster with classic style, look no further than the Cuisinart Signature Collection 4 Slice Toaster. Overall, this toaster performs brilliantly. It’s a bit pricey but browsing is even, the slots are extra-wide and the built-in intelligence creates consistent results. If you’re looking for something cheaper, we’d also recommend looking at the Morphy Richards Rose Gold Toaster. Other factors to consider include whether the toaster has a manual pop-up lever and whether it offers more advanced temperature controls for toasting other baked goods such as crumpets, muffins and bagels. There are defrost and reheat buttons on either side of the browning dial, which lights up in red to become a cancel button once the lever is pushed down.

From the manufacturer

However, when I tried toasting a single, thin slice of bread from the end of the loaf, the toaster threw it in the air so it landed loosely on top. So be mindful when toasting single pieces, particularly if they’re on the thin side. The Dualit Studio 2-Slice Toaster is a toaster that aims to deliver a stylish design and innovative technology at an affordable price. It was a snug fit for the slices I placed horizontally, with a little manoeuvring required on my part (the slot measures just inside 14cm length wise). In terms of brownness, the vertically toasted bread fared better – more of it had browned than the slices placed horizontally.

The Dualit Domus Four-Slice Toaster has some of the biggest slots you’ll find, making it perfect for toasting almost any bread you might have in your kitchen. The toaster is slightly cheaper than the 2-slice version of Dualit’s 4-Slot Lite Toaster, but it has seen some of the more interesting functions pared down to standard ones. That said, it’s still a fast and consistent toaster. While the springs popping up the toast are definitely loud enough to notice, they’re not uncomfortably strong. During my tests with both slots filled, nothing was flung out of the toaster – not even the notoriously light Pop-Tarts.The toaster also has the same frozen and bagel settings, though there’s no reheat button. This means there’s no way to warm up your toast again without risking browning it further and there’s no single-slot button to avoid heating up an empty slot when you want to toast an odd number of slices. Of course, the standout feature here is the two large slots. These are spacious, allowing you to toast very long bread, including slices of sourdough and halved baguettes. Like the Dualit 4 Slot Lite Toaster and the Dualit Domus Four-Slice Toaster, this toaster also has a specific bagel programme which can be used for bagels, flatbreads, muffins and baguettes. However, both slots do share the same set of controls. The Domus Four-Slice Toaster has a large, bulbous design that doesn’t quite have the same retro appeal as say the Dualit 4 Slot Lite Toaster or the Smeg TSF02 4-Slice 2-Slot Toaster. It’s even big and heavy compared to many other four-slot machines.